Diego's Bold Shore Songtext
von Waterson:Carthy

Has a love of adventure, a promise of gold
Or an ardent desire to roam
Ever tempted you far o′er the watery world
And away from your kindred and home?
With a storm-beaten captain, free-hearted and bold
And a score of brave fellows or two
Inured to the hardship of hunger and cold
And a fearless and jolly good crew

Have you ever stood watch where Diego's bold shore
Looms up from the Antarctic wave
Where the snowy-plumed albatross merrily soars
Over many a mariner′s grave?

Have you heard the mast-headsman sing out "There she blows!"
Seen the boats gaily leave the ship's side
Or the giant fish breach 'neath the harpooner′s blows
′Til the blue sea with crimson was dyed?


Have you seen the foam fly when the mighty right whale
Most boldly attacked in his lair
With a terrible blow of his ponderous tail
Sent the boat spinning up in the air?

Or where the green isles of the evergreen glades
Are teeming with dainties so rare
Have you ever made love 'neath the cockle′s green shade
To the sweet, sunny maids that dwell there?

Let those who delight in the comforts of home
And the joys of a warm fireside
Who dream it a peril the ocean to roam
In the cots of their fathers abide

Though not a day nearer we reckon our death
Though daily we sport o'er grace
No sweeter they′ll slumber beneath the green sod
Than we in the boisterous waves

Have you ever joined in in the boisterous shout
Reaching far through heaven's blue dome
When rich in the spoils you have purchased so dear
You have hoisted your topsails for home?


Or when the dark hills of Columbia rose
From out the blue waves of the bay
Have you ever re-lived the unspeakable joy
Of meeting with loved ones again?